Phone Conversations
My line of work requires me to deal with the authorities quite often as I need to chase for approvals, submission status..’angkat angkat’ the fella.. make him/her happy (perform strip dance if forced to haha! 
:D) When we have few projects running, I’ll need to call them up. Typical conversations with them will be:
Scenario One :
Me : Hello, Selamat pagi, boleh sambungkan saya ke bahagian xxxx?
Operator : Encik tunggu sebentar..
Me : Ok.
En. A : Hello, Bahagian xxxx.
Me : Ya, selamat pagi encik, boleh saya bercakap dengan Tn. B?
En. A : Tunggu sebentar saya sambungkan.
Me : Ok. (waiting)
tut tut.. tut tut… tut tut tut tut tut tut… (the line goes off)
Me : Ma chee bye…
Scenario Two:
Early in the morning, about 8.30 like that..
Me : Hello, selamat pagi. Saya call dari perunding X, nak check status kelulusan pelan untuk projek tetuan Y, Pn. D ada?
Pn. Z : Pn. D belum masuk lagi. Telefon balik nanti.
Me : Ok. Terima kasih
30 mins later,
Me : Hello, boleh saya bercakap dengan Pn. D?
Pn. H : Pn. D keluar sarapan. Baru je keluar
Me : Tak apa, saya call balik nanti.
Another 15 mins
Me : Hello, Boleh saya bercakap dengan Pn. D?
Pn. C : Pn. D sudah keluar inspection encik.
Me : …. Er, Ada contact no. dia tak? Handphone no?
Pn. C : Maaf encik. Kita tak ada. Encik boleh hubungi dia di talian ext. XXX
Me : Saya dah cuba call dia banyak kali, ada pegawai lain yang saya boleh refer?
Pn. C : Tak ada encik. Memang Pn. D saja jaga kawasan ni.
Me : Tak apa lah, saya telefon balik nanti.
Afternoon, after lunch,
Me : Hello, Pn. D ada?
En. K : Pn. D mc hari ni. Boleh telefon balik esok?
Me : cheebuy..! $#_$(X^^)_~!(*&)(0-!~
Yeah, it is damn frustrating trying to get hold of the officers. And they are farking outdated species which doesn’t own a mobile phone? (not that I believe that) Got few times, after trying the whole day, I couldn’t reach the officer, and the next day I called, the officer on leave, for 2 weeks. Pfftttt…. And nobody take over her work/file. And the client was chasing my butt off for his project status..
February 9th, 2006 at 7:56 am
Damn red tapes…if it can be called that…more like “snaking” to me…(direct translation k..)
February 11th, 2006 at 5:55 am
I find that malaysian secretaries are bitches .. they won’t listen to you and they berlagak pandai dari boss sometimes .. and sorry to say this la .. I only have that problem with malaysian companies handled by bumiputeras .. no offense but that’s the hard truth .. I called people everyday 830-530 .. I still like calling Thailand and Phillipines .. these are nice people .. malaysian? full of phone bitches gatekeepers .. and makan taik punya orang atasan ..